How are mid-ocean ridges formed at divergent tectonic plates?

A. The plates are moving in a zigzag formation, creating shallow earthquakes which forms a mid-ocean ridge.

B. Mid-ocean ridges are not resulting features of ocean-to-ocean divergent boundary zones.

C. The plates are moving towards each other, which causes the crust to buckle and push upwards or sideways which forms a mid-ocean ridge.

D. The stretching lithosphere is pushed up as the plates move apart.

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Leonidas Bradford

25 December, 00:42

How are mid-ocean ridges formed at divergent tectonic plates?

A. The plates are moving in a zigzag formation, creating shallow earthquakes which forms a mid-ocean ridge.

B. Mid-ocean ridges are not resulting features of ocean-to-ocean divergent boundary zones.

C. The plates are moving towards each other, which causes the crust to buckle and push upwards or sideways which forms a mid-ocean ridge.

D. The stretching lithosphere is pushed up as the plates move apart.

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Edith Mckee · Answer 1

A mid-ocean ridge or mid-oceanic ridge is an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. This uplifting of the ocean floor occurs when convention currents rise in the mantle beneath the oceanic crust and create magma where two tectonic plates meet at a divergent boundary.